Portable fence



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PORTABLE FENG?k No. 463,893. Patented Nov. 24, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIC FREEMAN AND CHARLES I. HALEY, OE NEIV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,893, dated November24, 1891.

Application led .Tune 22, 1891.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERIC FREEMAN and CHARLES I. l-IALEY, of NewOrleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and we dovhereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in portable fences; and itconsists in certain novel features of construction, which will be fullydescribed hereinafter, and particularly referred to in the claims.

The object of our invention is to construct a fence Without posts,thereby greatly cheapening its cost, and also one which is braced by itsOwn weight.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of ourimproved fence. Figs. 2 and -3 are detached views of the braces.

The panels of our fence are constructed of boards or rails A, which aresecured at their ends to the vertical strips B. These strips extendbeyond the ends of the boards A, and are placed on opposite sides of thefence in each alternate panel. By means of this construction the panelsare made interlocking, as shown in Fig. l.

Placed on each side of the fence at the junction of the panels are theinclined braces C, which are secured together and to the fence at theirtop ends by means of the loops or wires D,which pass through theinterlocking vertical strips B and the tops of the braces. The ends ofthese ties D may be secured in any desired manner; but if loops of wireor pieces of chain are employed we have found it convenient to securethem by the pins E on the opposite outer sides of the inclined braces,as shown.

The main weight of the fence is supported on truss-wires F,which areattached to the inclined braces. These truss wires may be eitherpermanently secured to the braces, as shown at Gr, or they may havetheir ends formed into loops H, as shown in Fig.. 2. If constructed withthe loops H, they are capa- Serial No. 397,072. (No model.)

ble of adjustment on the braces. Through this means of adjustment thefence may be either heightened'or lowered and the braces spread at theirbases or contracted, as may be preferred. The lower ends of the uprightsB are provided with notches I, in which the truss-wires t, thus insuringthe fence a permanent hold on its supports. An anchor J is providedwhich has a hook or catch on its upper end for hooking over the Wire,and by this means securely binding the fence in position on the ground.Y

Arranged at intervals along the truss-wires are kinks or bends K,between which the uprights B rest, whereby the latter are prevented fromhaving any side movement. It will be readily understood that the angleof the fence may be changed, when desired, by moving the bases of theuprights B either Way and lodging them against the kinks or stops K,which will effectually hold them in the desired adjustment.

The truss-supports F are here shown and described-as constructed ofwire; but chain, rope, or other material may be used, if desired,withoutdeparting from the spirit of our invention. Y

A fence of the herein-described construction is very cheap and easilymoved from place to place, if desired. As no part ot' the fence is underground,it is much more durable and not subject to decay, as thepost-andrail fence of the ordinary construction.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. In a fence, thesections, t-he inclined braces, a truss secured to said braces, andstops formed at intervals in the length of the truss, for the purposesubstantially as shown

